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Rev. Fr. Jose Agcaoili Martinez, S.J., Assistant Scoutmaster and Chaplain, Misamis Oriental Council, was among those who perished in the crash that killed the Philippine delegation to the 11th World Sc...

Roberto "Bontsie" Corpus Castor was born on 28 April 1949. He was a First Class Scout from the Quezon City Council. He was among the members of the Philippine delegation to the 11th World Scout Jambore...

Ramon "Chito" Valdes Albano was born on 3 September 1947. He was the the fifth child and fifth son of eleven children of Dr. Paulino E. Albano and Dr. Pilar Valdes-Albano. The couple owned and managed ...

The 11th World Scouts Jamboree was held at Marathon, Greece in August 1963. The Philippine contingent, boy scouts from ages 14 to 19, represented the best of the generation and the idealism of the Philippine youth.

On 28 July 1963, the Eqypt Air jetliner that was carrying the Filipinos crashed on approach to Bombay Airport into the Indian Ocean. Their bodies were never recovered. Three Filipino scouts were sent as a token delegation, days after the tragedy.

In remembrance of the scouts and scouters, a cenotaph* was erected outside the Manila North Cemetery in the Philippines the year after the accident. Streets in Quezon City's Barangay Obrero, Laging Handa ("Always Prepared", the Scouts' Motto) and Paligsahan, bear the names of the fallen. A monument for the Scouts was erected at the rotunda on the tip of Tomas, Morato in Quezon City. For a complete list of memorials to the scouts, please refer to this Google map.